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Date: 18 May 2007 17:49:41
From: Sandy
Subject: Cycling News
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Anyone notice that there are many fewer links to this news provider?
Anyone figure out which version of the English language they decided to use?
--
Sandy
Verneuil-sur-Seine
*******
La vie, c'est comme une bicyclette,
il faut avancer pour ne pas perdre l'équilibre.
-- Einstein, A.
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Date: 25 May 2007 10:05:49
From:
Subject: Re: Cycling News
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On May 19, 4:12 pm, "Tom Kunich" <cyclintom@yahoo. com > wrote:
> "Sandy" <leu...@frree.fr> wrote in message
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> news:464dcb15$0$4720$426a74cc@news.free.fr...
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> > Anyone notice that there are many fewer links to this news provider?
> > Anyone figure out which version of the English language they decided to
> > use?
>
> The kind with all sorts of mis-spellings and inappropriate grammar and
> translators who seem to be using Babel Fish instead of a translators
> dictionary and knowledge of the languages in question.
Hey pot, that is a nice run-on sentence structure.
Regards,
Kettle
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Date: 19 May 2007 21:12:07
From: Tom Kunich
Subject: Re: Cycling News
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"Sandy" <leurre@frree.fr > wrote in message
news:464dcb15$0$4720$426a74cc@news.free.fr...
> Anyone notice that there are many fewer links to this news provider?
> Anyone figure out which version of the English language they decided to
> use?
The kind with all sorts of mis-spellings and inappropriate grammar and
translators who seem to be using Babel Fish instead of a translators
dictionary and knowledge of the languages in question.
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Date: 19 May 2007 04:58:27
From: bar
Subject: Re: Cycling News
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On May 19, 12:29 am, Kyle Legate <lega...@hotmail.com > wrote:
> Sandy wrote:
> > Anyone notice that there are many fewer links to this news provider?
> > Anyone figure out which version of the English language they decided to use?
>
> I think they have decided to invent their own version of English. James
> Joyce did it better.
> Seriously, the copy editing has been in the toilet these last few
> months. Is anyone from the current incarnation of Cyclingnews reading
> this group to comment on why your site reads like a remedial grade 6
> english class?
they were posting job ads not too long ago. why didn't one of you
grammar heroes jump in there and save us from this mediocre (and at
times defective) prose?
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Date: 19 May 2007 19:24:39
From: Kyle Legate
Subject: Re: Cycling News
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bar wrote:
> On May 19, 12:29 am, Kyle Legate <lega...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Sandy wrote:
>>> Anyone notice that there are many fewer links to this news provider?
>>> Anyone figure out which version of the English language they decided to use?
>> I think they have decided to invent their own version of English. James
>> Joyce did it better.
>> Seriously, the copy editing has been in the toilet these last few
>> months. Is anyone from the current incarnation of Cyclingnews reading
>> this group to comment on why your site reads like a remedial grade 6
>> english class?
>
> they were posting job ads not too long ago. why didn't one of you
> grammar heroes jump in there and save us from this mediocre (and at
> times defective) prose?
>
Cuz that wasnt in the job descriptoin.
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Date: 19 May 2007 14:10:48
From: Sandy
Subject: Re: Cycling News
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Dans le message de
news:1179575907.732704.102830@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com,
bar <barbaricia@gmail.com > a réfléchi, et puis a déclaré :
> On May 19, 12:29 am, Kyle Legate <lega...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Sandy wrote:
>>> Anyone notice that there are many fewer links to this news provider?
>>> Anyone figure out which version of the English language they
>>> decided to use?
>>
>> I think they have decided to invent their own version of English.
>> James Joyce did it better.
>> Seriously, the copy editing has been in the toilet these last few
>> months. Is anyone from the current incarnation of Cyclingnews reading
>> this group to comment on why your site reads like a remedial grade 6
>> english class?
>
> they were posting job ads not too long ago. why didn't one of you
> grammar heroes jump in there and save us from this mediocre (and at
> times defective) prose?
Wait a second ! You mean the current writers are _paid_? Really?????
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Date: 19 May 2007 19:15:30
From: Donald Munro
Subject: Re: Cycling News
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Sandy wrote:
> Wait a second ! You mean the current writers are _paid_? Really?????
They have to be since the chief fringe benefit, the blimp, has been
mysteriously disappeared.
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Date: 19 May 2007 19:26:38
From: Kyle Legate
Subject: Re: Cycling News
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Donald Munro wrote:
> Sandy wrote:
>> Wait a second ! You mean the current writers are _paid_? Really?????
>
> They have to be since the chief fringe benefit, the blimp, has been
> mysteriously disappeared.
>
So has the website, apparently. It's reporting a problem loading the page.
I want to know who won today. To hell with Floyd.
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Date: 19 May 2007 06:29:11
From: Kyle Legate
Subject: Re: Cycling News
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Sandy wrote:
> Anyone notice that there are many fewer links to this news provider?
> Anyone figure out which version of the English language they decided to use?
I think they have decided to invent their own version of English. James
Joyce did it better.
Seriously, the copy editing has been in the toilet these last few
months. Is anyone from the current incarnation of Cyclingnews reading
this group to comment on why your site reads like a remedial grade 6
english class?
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